Venice Explained

[@ManuelBravo]

What other city of the world would you like to see explained on my channel?

[@alonkk1]

Jerusalem

[@opart]

St. Petersburg

[@mines851]

Istanbul !

[@VascovanZeller]

Lisbon, Portugal!

[@ooooooo500]

jerusalem

[@inkhwon]

As a Venetian, I am incredibly impressed by your production quality and I honestly think this has to be one of the best videos made regarding our island. Thank you so much for it, it was an incredible enjoyable and relaxing video :)

[@probabilmente_paolo]

una domandina quanti spritz bevi in media ogni ora?

[@alicewatt416]

Oh how lucky you are to live there. You must be so proud

[@frankargenti]

"island" you dont live there

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

Is it true that we really shouldn’t visit? That tourism puts too much of a strain on La Serenissima?

[@frankargenti]

@@JohnnyArtPavlou we survived horde after horde of chinese few people extra will do nothing

[@MargieSchneider]

"Columns from anybody that wasn't guarding their columns well enough." Oh man. That is so good.

[@NinaEarlApugan]

yeah haha

[@mikeregan7034]

Came to write this… we should all be friends.

[@DeanStephen]

I visited Venice in November. It was cold, damp-and empty. I wandered those narrow back allies for days, and it was a totally magical experience.

[@mzbramstedt9278]

me too! Venice in November was misty and magical.

[@UnitSe7en]

Better than it being hot and stinking like a swamp.

[@hazhoner5727]

With magical misty fog

[@amazingcat7043]

Maybe i got unlucky but i visited venice 5 years ago in novembet also and there was about 1 trillion tourists everywhere even though it was pretty cold and wet. Bridges had queues of people and so on couldnt get 1 photo without like 100 people in it lol

[@hazhoner5727]

@@amazingcat7043 Venice is one of the top touristic destination in the world and relatively small so it's obvious it is packed 12 months a year. It's the same with other much bigger cities like London, NY, Tokyo etc.

[@2DXYSU]

I am an architect and traveler. Manuel Bravo is a genius. 1. Thematically brilliant. 2. Profound insights. 3. Custom color coded plans, sections and other diagrams illustrate important ideas. 4. Subtitles for names of places and buildings. 5. Extremely articulate. (Better than most natively English speakers, which he is not). 6. He loves his subjects. Enthusiasm. 7. Visual and verbal elements carefully chosen and synched to best inform. 8. Subtle background music enhances rather than clashes. In sum, all the qualities frustratingly missing from most such videos by others.

[@AntonQvarfordt]

"I'm an architect and a traveller" Oh my god.. You're a big douche, that's what you are :P

[@accouswk]

Totally agree. All perfect elements.

[@giovannamoro8564]

Yes thank you for saying it

[@patrickglass9323]

Brilliant. Totally agree. Been to Venice once, yet missed so much (!). Thank you.

[@iloveallpeople2696]

Totally agree

[@josephpiskac2781]

Truly great. I attended Architectural College in the 1970s. You are so vastly much superior to my history professors. I am thankful that I have lived long enough to enjoy your presentations.

[@ManuelBravo]

Thank you for your kind words, Joseph!

[@jeffrey.a.hanson]

Isn’t that the truth in so many industries. I work in psychology and it’s the same. I’ve even become a history and architecture buff from watching channels like this. The difference is…We HAD to sit through a lecture where Manuel knows we can click off at any point. He’s gotta tell us a story.

[@juanpena7098]

I just read over your comment and immediately subscribe without even watching the video.

[@olliemad]

I watched this video because of your comment

[@SkreltNL]

as a skeptical cunt, most comments on this video are planted in favor off the propaganda being sold

[@janephillips9934]

I am from Australia and have been coming to Venice every year for about 40 years. I never tire of it's unique beauty, it's unique people,, food, expressions, colours, moods, palazzi, gardens, sistiere, sunsets, churches, all and everything is magical, theatrical and I still stand in awe and smile..

[@aris1956]

You are from Australia and have been coming every year for 40 years to visit Venice. I am Italian and Venice I have visited only once so far in my life. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of visiting it in the middle of summer and I who cannot stand either the heat or the sultry air. I must tell the truth, I enjoyed the city very little. I was always trying to get into some air-conditioned stores to cool off a little and be able to breathe a little better. Fun fact….there are maybe Australians coming from the other side of the world who have seen in Rome already several times the Colosseum even from inside. A Roman instead who lives in Rome and he probably passes by the Colosseum every day to go to work and it is easy that in his life he has never visited the colosseum from inside. :) Ciao from Bella Italia ! 🇮🇹👋😊

[@thejerseyj5479]

​@@aris1956Yes, like a New Yorker who has never been to the top of the Empire State Building, we take our home cities for granted!

[@aris1956]

@@thejerseyj5479 It is like that everywhere. In Italy we can say that many beautiful places, many Italian cities are known more by tourists who come from somewhere in the world than we Italians ourselves.

[@sarahbass6116]

I am from Australia and have been to Venice twice, both ‘off’ season. I fell under Venices spell and yearn to return. I made a conscious decision to not return to Venice when it became obvious that Venice is being loved to death and on the whole Venice was becoming more difficult to navigate because of the crowds.

[@TurdBoi666]

​@@aris1956 what are you tryna say

[@borromine]

As an architect who has been visiting Venice since 1962, with the equivalent of a PhD in art history, I am very very impressed with your discussion of Venetian architecture and the treatment of its façades. Bravissimo!

[@giovannamoro8564]

Yes ,he so good

[@mamborambo]

Without this level of explanation of the architecture, a tourist simply cannot appreciate the hidden details. Bravo!

[@louquay]

I'm in Venice now, and I have never been somewhere so beautifully serene and overwhelmingly chaotic at the same time. What a unique and wonderful place

[@PLuMUK54]

This is by far the best video I have seen on Venice. Stunning images, but an excellent description. As a retired teacher, I feel that you are one of the best educators that I have ever come across. Thank you for your efforts, as a person unable to travel, your work is very special to me.

[@lucianorosarelli-xr5lr]

As a Venetian, who live in Venice j can tell you that j discover so many things that j unknown by me

[@johnvrabec9747]

My wife and I toured Italy in 2003. I fell in love with Venice, we practically spent most of our time in Piazza di San Marco. The evening music orchestras, and at times, competing with each other. One evening, there was a gentleman singing opera a capella at the end of the main piazza. The reverberation of his voice drew dozens of people to him before the Police made him leave. That special moment brought me to tears, to hear such a beautiful voice in such a beautiful location moved me deeply. We hope to return one day...

[@damann888]

I very much agree that it is the most beautiful city in the world. I only wish this video was longer and showed even more. Thank you.

[@ManuelBravo]

I’ll soon make a Part 2 showing the main buildings of the Renaissance!

[@mrs6968]

@@ManuelBravo awesome it will be well worth the wait

[@damann888]

@@ManuelBravo my wish will be granted! Muchas gracias.

[@kimilsung2608]

The stench of sewage and streets constantly being flooded ruins the experience

[@JeremyDahl]

Yeah the Vatican ain't shit 🙄

[@FAB1150]

When I was a kid, my dad worked at the oriental arts museum in Venice, we'd go visit the city about once a month. Always loved it, and I'm lucky to live nearby. Beautiful video!

[@georgegonzalez-rivas3787]

Venice is unique and startlingly beautiful. And I really appreciate the comment about 'changing light'... when I was last in Venice and it reached dusk the changes in light were something I will never forget. It's hard to describe... but it was a fantasy.

[@snotnosewilly99]

What made Venice was the Arsenal. In the Arsenal they could assemble an entire ship in about 2 days. They used common parts and a floating moving assembly line. This technique wasn't duplicated until Ford started using common parts and a moving assembly line to build cars in 1900. Venice dominated sea trade in the Mediterranean trade with about 3,000 ships at sea. The monster Napoleon destroyed the Arsenal in about 1800.

[@kaloarepo288]

The ancient Carthaginians thousands of years earlier than Venice had a similar assembly line system for building their ships and everything was done with templates with every part fitting together like lego - thus when the Romans who had previously lacked a navy, got hold of a Carthaginian ship they were easily able to copy it and build their own navy and beat the Carthaginians in the Punic Wars.

[@SockAccount111]

@@kaloarepo288 that's speculation, we know very little of the carthaginian arsenal to make such an assertion

[@kaloarepo288]

@@SockAccount111 Watched a video about it right here on You Tube! The ancient Chinese also had similar assembly line techniques not necessarily for ships but for manufacture of weapons - it's demonstrated in the famous Terra Cotta army. Romans too had similar assembly lines.

[@SockAccount111]

@@kaloarepo288 Which video was it and did it list sources? I have heard so many wild things from YT vids I now take them with very abundant pinches of salt lol

[@ErmannoCattaneo]

The whole video was superb but the reference to a carpet when describing the corner of the doge’s palace was just brilliant. Bravo! 👏👏👏

[@giovannamoro8564]

That was mind blowing ! I'm a venetian and i'm impressed.

[@lucianorosarelli-xr5lr]

@@giovannamoro8564 anca mi ( me too)

[@giovannamoro8564]

@@lucianorosarelli-xr5lr ahahahah

[@journeywithjasmin4089]

I really enjoyed watching this, myself & 2 daughters went on 1st December for my birthday. It was magical, we rode a boat to our stay I literally cried as soon as I got on the water. I was overwhelmed by its beauty and that my dream has to come true I was in Venice 🥹❤️ my daughters 28 & 30 said it’s for old people but they throughly enjoyed their experience we prayed in St Marks This was a lovely video thank you

[@bearhustler]

Your daughter's clearly don't deserve to go to Venice, can I come next time 😂

[@rvallenduuk]

I've been to Venice many times and hope to come back many more times. It's the best place on earth. Really enjoyed your video, seeing Venice through the eyes of an architect. There's always more to learn about Venice!

[@giuseppersa2391]

As a Venetian allow me to say that your video is excellent!

[@Swan.princess]

Sending love to your beautiful city ❤❤❤

[@dawnbause]

I was married in this magical city and have visited yearly for over 30 years. I also lead tours there and am blown away by this video, and your incredible narrative. Thank you for sharing your love and knowledge of this engineering, architectural and artistic marvel of the world!! I will cherish and forward to all those those who know and love Venezia!!! A sincere thank you.

[@brucewilliams8714]

This is the most beautifully-crafted study of Venice I've seen. Your knowledge, planning and filming are all superb. Your study of San Marco revealed more than I'd ever seen. Thank you so much.

[@sealisa1398]

No other city like Venice. I’ve been several times and never fail to get lost. Just gorgeous.

[@Chris-the-Saxon]

Lost in Venice is the only way to see it!

[@Mike-oz4cv]

The problem is that even GNSS reception is bad in those small streets and it’s almost impossible to accurately navigate the small streets with just a map and a compass.

[@bristolblue11]

I am an architectural historian. this video is superbly organized, illustrated, and narrated. bravo, manuel.

[@paulthompson6745]

i just spent 3 weeks in europe and visited 9 countries and many big cities. I was THROUGHLY impressed by Venice...incredibly unique and fascinating.

[@mattsteelman9702]

Did you mean to write 3 months?

[@marydonohoe8200]

Marco, this is magnificent. I thank you so much. I’ve been to Venice twice-in 1964 and 1969. Both times were much too short, and I’ve always wanted to return and spend much more time. This is a very valuable introduction, and your analysis of the iconic architecture was fascinating. But St Mark’s Cathedral was the icing on a delicious cake!

[@borami22]

Marco? You mean Manuel?

[@jasperjavellana4454]

I really enjoyed your presentation of Venice. I do agree, that it’s a wonderful experience to get lost in the narrow streets of Venice . I would usually wake-up very early in the morning and take photos of the different parts of the city sans tourists. Hope I get to visit Venice again in the near future.

[@DanielOnFire101]

Fell in love with this city after scaling the buildings and jumping between Venetian rooftops in Assassin’s Creed II. Great video, subbed 👍

[@jackatherton0111]

My wife and I have visited Venice many times and plan to retire there. Thanks to your video, Manuel, we begin to understand what had previously left us overwhelmed.

[@simongregory3114]

Great video. I've been to Venice twice, from New Zealand. I love Italy, and European architecture and art in general. I also love that you focus on some of the philosophy of the architecture plus the engineering details. I would have been happy with more of the TBH. There don't seem to be many channels around that do that, most are just tourist info and a little history. I think I'll be watching some more of your videos!

[@richardglady3009]

That was an amazing video! Thank you for the architectural introduction to Venice. Speaking as a person with one leg, thanks for sharing things I will never see. You made Venice magical.

[@tassiehandyman3090]

I have only spent a few days in Venice, about 5 years ago. I fell in love, and often think back on it now. If had only a short time left in this world, I would go again and stay until my last breath...

[@dducdude6315]

I have been in love with Venice since I first stepped foot there some 20 years ago. I have been back many times and each visit is cherished. While I love all of Italy Venice stole my heart.. Ciao!

[@TinyEpics]

Ohhh looks like I just found another channel to become obsessed with. Venice is hands down one of my favorite travel destinations.

[@alexking8610]

Just watched your KZbin clip , I went to Venice in 2014 , spent a week , stayed in San Marco but headed out and just got lost ! What a beautiful city and full of music , went to three concerts and saw/heard Lucia De At The Venice opera house , Wow how lucky am I. I think Venice is one of the most fabulous achievements of the human race

[@Bganno]

My wife and i just watched your video on Venice. We were in Venice back in 1996 . we spent one day and did as much as possible. My favorite thing to see was being inside St Marks and seeing the life size statues. Also was the sunset, the vivid color of Red. So many nice memories there. Thank you again. You speak so well and we can understand all you tell us. we'll watch more each night. Thank you ....

[@angie_ax]

From a Venetian: terrific work Manuel, thanks for your dedication!

[@william_at]

Thanks for share with us this excellent video and, yes, I agree that Venezia is, maybe, the most beautiful city in the World.

[@fhugheveleigh2]

For one who has visited Venice somewhere around 25 times I found this video well constructed and thought through. As an introduction to the city but concentrating on the Ca'd'Oro and St Mark's basilica, it was a stimulus to further discoveries and I am sure many who view it will want to know more.

[@MrMars-nc1mh]

Thanks!

[@emanuelaghigi-kizis9948]

Well done, i am very proud to be a true Venetian, and blessed to be born and raised there, i try to go back visit every year, now with Covid stopped me to do so. I am very hapoy to share this video to all my friends, especially those who never saw this amazing city

[@gabriellatis]

Great video ! Thank you !

[@hernandosamuel]

Can't agree more with you, Venice is in fact the most astonishing city in the world! Thanks for this video

[@maitedepaul1849]

Best ever documentary about Venice

[@sergiucodina196]

I am so glad I've seen this video 2 weeks before I visit Venice. This way I can appreciate what this city really means and how it came to be! Thank you.

[@beverlykandraceffinger3764]

Thank you, Manuel, for this wonderful and insightful short film...your understanding of the city is so holistic, and your presentation of beautiful Venice so well-rounded and respectful. I've visited the city often over twenty years, have drawn many studies in the museums, Scuole and Chiese, and out in the open...but you've added new insights to my understanding of Venice through your presentation in this film. Well done!

[@neilnilson]

I have loved Venice forever and have visited it 12 times already...... yet I have learned more about her from your video than ever before. Thank you.

[@pchabanowich]

Being pleased that I age with little regret, a major part of that little regret is to not have visited Venice during the Italian travels I took. To have missed its profound splendour with edifices like carpets, its endless glitter and labyrinthine invitations, is an ache in this old heart. You've given us an intimate glimpse into a city you clearly love, and adds wonderfully to my readings, research and to my distant love and connection that I feel for this brave and noble flotilla. 💐

[@marydonohoe8200]

Poetic. Bravo, Mr Chabanowich! You do justice to the most fascinating city I’ve ever visited. (And the pizza is divine! 😉)

[@dayros2023]

It’s never too late 😉

[@evazovic9148]

Visited Venice twice already and now watching a lot of videos for my third visit there. THE BEST video guide about Venice out there! Loved it! Awesome work!!

[@Jatchua]

Great video - unquestionably one of the most insightful pieces I've seen.

[@Paulic64]

So much knowledge crammed into a short video and explained in such an interesting way. Love all this guys videos.

[@mentesanaincorporesano]

Treviso is a great spot near Venice with airport as well. You can find a great apartment like "palazzina trevigiana" or "chiarano home" near the train station and then go by to Venice easily because are only 25 minute of train. Treviso is a super cool city as well, so I think is the best way to visit 2 great city in one trip 🎉

[@l4bwx2]

Thanks!

[@ManuelBravo]

Thank you!

[@technojunkie123]

Ah this brought back such wonderful memories of my trip to Venice 🥰 There’s truly no other city quite like it and I feel sad for the people who try to rush seeing it in just a day or so

[@ksc743]

I've never seen it and will never see it😥

[@hihowareyouhihowareyou3688]

@@ksc743why?

[@ksc743]

@@hihowareyouhihowareyou3688 Because I live too far away and unless I win the lottery cannot afford to travel there.

[@pierremoreno7993]

Que dote para narrar con tanta pasión y además en Ingles. Felicitaciones. Fan!

[@carolynmcpherson2667]

This is my first time watching any of your programs, and you have done a really impressive job here. Having been to Venice several times I know how much information you had to leave out--there is so much to talk about!--but perhaps some day you can add more of the cultural history, including the influence of Arabic culture, the fascinating development of the language Veneziano, the various artistic representations of the city by the world's painters, and I would kill (almost) to see inside one of these buildings! Could you walk us in the front door--which isn't in the front at all, of course--and up the stairs, and into some of the rooms? Thank you for this fine tour, Manuel. Well done!

[@davidbuchanan5232]

Venice is also my favorite city, experiencing both summer and winter weather. I also liked to get away from the tourist areas and explore the neighborhoods. When doing that you can feel transported back in time because of the quiet. Almost every other city has an immense amount of background noise, such as autos, scooters/motorcycles, machines, honking horns, etc. Not so the backstreets. The quiet was magical. One of the neighbords i found myself in gave me an experience which had to have been some sort of local ritual or tradition but dont ask me to explain. In that neighborhood's piazza was a young man, probably early 20s, standing up on a pedestal and surrounded by a crowd of people. He wore only a pair of boxer shorts and had a dead fish on a rope strung around his neck. He was grinning and the shouts from the crowd were good natured. I walked on and have been intrigued by that memory ever since.

[@GeorgeVenturi]

I learned lots of things with this wonderful video, thank you

[@alessiainsalata6403]

You are good person, because you have explained italian culture is important.

[@tunutto]

Most fascinating city ever

[@BrentianGashi]

Tonight was my first time in Venice. I couldn’t believe how beautiful it was. Cant wait to see it by day! For sure one of the best cities I’ve seen in my life!! It’s like going back in time…

[@s.o.s7180]

I generally do not comment but I've been there 2 weeks ago and to be honest, this video taught me more about the city that I kind of regret now, wish i could find a video like this, great video editing and components! and a lot of essential information, it inspired me a lot! Thanks!

[@mikefraser5085]

Thanks

[@ManuelBravo]

Thank you, Mike!

[@johnbusey6529]

Beautifully written and narrated. Reminds me so nicely of my visits to Venice. I want to go back!

[@GiuseppeTripodi]

Hi, I'm Italian and I've been many times in Venice. Thank you for the video, it's really really well made! I loved it! One funny, small thing that always blow my mind when I'm in Venice is looking to all the different types of boat on the canal: other than bus boat and gondola, there are ambulance boats, police boats, garbage collecting boats, package delivery boats and so on. I know it's not really the first thing one notice in all that beauty, but it's fascinating.

[@aljovanbaarsen37]

Thank you Manuel Bravo. Again you made a fantastic document. Could be longer but it has a lot to enjoy. 😊

[@NightOwl_30]

My favourite place to visit. Every time I go to Italy I go to Venice. There is always something new to discover.

[@ManuelBravo]

Watch my video about Hagia Sophia to understand better the Byzantine style of St Mark's Basilica: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oX2poYBjl69seqM

[@jeffreymckenzie5255]

Fantastic video of Venice . Don’t visit without watching it

[@rr7firefly]

Manuel, you are a gift to every soul who want to see the entire panorama: how individual architecture is a part of a larger aesthetic program that is manifest in intentional urban design. I, an architect and artist, thank you for your heroic effort producing these illuminating videos. Bravo a Bravo!

[@andreatuckman1084]

Thank you for this insightful video. We have plans to visit Venice next year and you have given me a wonderful foundation in understanding this beautiful and interesting city.

[@huangec]

Well done. I studied architecture and urban planning on Venice and lived there for nearly 9 years, and I too teach lessons about the history of urban development of this town, which I consider to be one of the most beautiful in the world. Yours is one of the very few which truly reveals Venice beyond the banal tourist sights.

[@jelsner5077]

I loved Venice and hope to go back, someday. This brought back fond memories. Thank you.

[@minervaminerva7906]

Excellently done! Content, voice, music, visuals. Compliments, and thank you.

[@rebuilt11]

Probably the most magical place I’ve ever been. You have not lived if you’ve never been lost in Venice.

[@SoapinTrucker]

Hear, hear!!!!!! 😎👍

[@RTD3]

I visited Venice for 9 days in October, 2019. Wish I could have watched this video, about 5 times, before my trip. BRAVO!

[@larsstougaard7097]

Wonderful video, it's grand as The Grand Canal ✨️

[@brookejacques4939]

This video is exactly what I was looking for. Having just visited Venice I was curious about all the quirks of architecture without knowing how to articulate what I even wanted to ask. This was amazingly succinct and informative and I'll definitely be following your channel!

[@AlmostMonumental27]

Wonderful, Manuel. Very educational. I've been to Venice twice and didn't learn as much! Thank you for this instructive and entertaining piece. Blessings.

[@angie_ax]

Grazie.

[@ManuelBravo]

Grazie a te, Angie!

[@patrickmazza7055]

I agree with most beautiful city, having visited twice and spent a month of my 2009 sabbatical staying in Cannaregio across the canal from the Jewish ghetto and trying to live as much like a Venetian as possible. I wandered around, met people working to save the city such as Jane da Mosto, seeing the major sites but also exploring the nooks and crannies. I have also spent much of recent decades working on the climate challenge, and consider it a tragedy that we are throwing away Venice as so much of the human and natural world due to our addiction to fossil fuels.

[@Vikram_l]

The most interesting and detailed video of Venice that I have seen till date. Excellent work. 👌

[@tommonk7651]

I've been to Venice twice, once for 10 days at Christmas and New Year. Venice is probably my favorite city in the world. I hope they can preserve the character of the city from the rising seas and the encroachment of tourism. Too many native businesses have been pushed out by cheap touristy stores. Still, Venice has an amazing history and is a fabulous place to visit and learn about. I think there is much more to the architecture of Venice than is revealed by this video. For example, since Venice was based on trade, most of old houses were merchants' residences, so the bottom floor acted as a warehouse for the business of the owner, the second floor was the business, and the family lived on the 3rd floor. Also, overlooked in this video is the reason why the Croatian trees have proven an effective foundation for the buildings of the city. Over time, those trees were acted up by the salt water to calcify and harden and provide a solid, strong foundation. Venice's rise and ability to flourish is an amazing story.

[@marydonohoe8200]

Thanks for important additions to this amazing story. I knew about the sea salt solidifying the tree trunks, but knew nothing of the way the merchants used their buildings. I’d love to go again!

[@GeneRauXxX]

Gotta but trees from croatia

[@tommonk7651]

@@GeneRauXxX Yeah, trees from Croatia, among other places, were cut into pilings and driven into the wet earth where the ossified into very strong pylons upon which building foundations were built.

[@giovannimoriggi5833]

I am Italian and live near Venice. Fun fact: It was normal to have a hole in the floor of the 2nd floor, to spy on visitors downstairs.

[@tommonk7651]

@@giovannimoriggi5833 Oh, man, that's awesome. Those families were all about their profit. LOL

[@saveriolattanzio]

Fantastic! I shared this with my mom who has family origins just outside of Venice. Watching this was a wonderful experience for her. Thank you

[@gennaropaccione2076]

MANUEL NON SEI BRAVO , MA SEI BRAVISSIMO.TI RINGRAZIO PER QUELLO CHE FAI E RENDERE NOTO A TUTTI LA CULTURA ITALIANA.CIAO

[@oynque27]

I was mesmerized when we visited in 1996. Unless I am mistaken, without vehicles, everything must be brought in and taken out by ancient means. And renovations by block and tackle. That more than amazes me.

[@americanista102]

Thank you so much for this video. I recently returned from Italy and was able to spend a day in Venice, which was not nearly enough. I miss this incredible city so much. I feel like I left a piece of my heart back there. Can't wait to go back and can't wait to see more videos on this beautiful, grandiose city. Ti Amo Venezia!

[@Whoiskevinjones]

Sr. Bravo, excellent use of English vocabulary; word choice like "detritus, imprimatur and predilection." Your voice is mesmerizing.

[@pepumarius2006]

I don't usually get lost in a new city...but on boy, Venice messed me up really good :)))) At some point, I actually got in a bit of a panic strike, because I could literally not find my way out. And the GPS is not working 100%, just adding to my confusion. But I agree, it's a beautiful and charming place. Can't wait to visit again

[@PeticaW]

what I liked about this video was the concise yet insightful commentary about the architectural features of the buildings, such as the link to textiles in the facades. You packed a lot of depth into a short film! I lived in Venice 30 years ago for 3 months as an Art History student, , and made films about it 15 years ago, but I haven't been back since so I was looking for quick videos that would refresh my art history knowledge, so this was perfect!

[@terencewinters2154]

It's complicated mercantile politics featured prominently in the book Agents of Empire. The power of the Doges banking empire dominated both the Adriatic and Mediterranean world for centuries and was caught up in in the 16th century work of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. It is an exquisite one of a kind jewel of a city both rotting and thriving at the same time . It's murano glass works to this day an important artisan product.

[@ettalanuti7926]

I spent two glorious weeks in Venice with an EarthWatch group. We climbed several of the bell towers to check on the bells and their mountings. The views from the top of the towers was awesome. We were housed on the island of Lazaretto Nuovo. In the past it had been a leper colony. It is now owned by the Archeological Society or school....it has been nearly thirty years, so you'll have to excuse an old lady's memory... I would go back in a heartbeat. I remember getting a seafood appetizer platter...and right in the middle was a delicious octopus a mere two and a half nches in diameter from the tip of one leg to the other. I'll never forget that. The steps in the towers are built into the walls, so you go up like a square spiral, which leaves the center of the tower open for the heavy ropes. The architecture of the towers is magnificent. Oh, to be young and fit again!

[@daniel_kryz]

Great video! As an urban planning student, I would appreciate a comprehensive explanation on Venice's planning... how it was planned, what documents/policies guided its development, how the different neighbourhoods came to be, and how the architecture got so good. If it wasn't planned, then how did Venice achieve such an amazing balance between individual expression of each building and city-wide architectural harmony? Based on the buildings designs and the coherence of the public realm, it seems as if the city was master-planned. I would love to learn about this.

[@daniel_kryz]

As an example, how did virtually all of Venice's roof use the same colour (red) and same style? Surely there must've been some sort of central coordinating authority (planning) to make this happen. Or did all of the architects working in Venice have some sort of an agreement?

[@giovannimoriggi5833]

​@@daniel_kryz In Italy red roofs are pretty usual. Look at Rome or Bologna, and many others. Just because they all use clay! In historic cities this coordination is classic, but (at least in Italy) each area has its own path. In any case, I can say that planning, as we understand it today, was not the reason. Rather, these are long and natural processes, strictly connected with the local evolution. Venice has a long, complicated and also unique history. To really enter into the discourse would require a whole treatise. If you feel like it, I recommend you consult specific texts, because there are so many things to consider. Venice is a paradigm that has never been applied anywhere else.

[@daniel_kryz]

@@giovannimoriggi5833 Thank you so much for explaining it to me! I should do some research into how natural processes and local culture could've created something that looks as if it was it was done on purpose. It's truly interesting how, in the old world, cities and architecture just worked and just looked good without planning. What I'm also wondering is if that organic approach to development would be possible today, or if modern reality necessitates planning as a tool that can be used to create such spectacular human environments and to basically guide architects into fulfilling the planner's vision with enforcement to ensure that they play along.

[@daniel_kryz]

@@giovannimoriggi5833 I'll use your comment as part of the de-facto tour-guiding that I'll do for my family on our upcoming trip to Venice! Thank you very much :)

[@HoosierInUtah]

Another excellent video!! So great I've watched at least three times. Really appreciate your work, you keep me so entertained and always educate me. Grazie mille!

[@civfanatic8853]

Spectacular as usual and I also remembered when in high-school I used to go to the national library and study many different and iconic buildings or cities and one book was about Venice and how it was built on a forest of wooden piles battered into the marshy soil very closely packed together. Thank you for reminding me of those times :D (the interiors of the Doges Palace also contain some spectacular records regarding the size of rooms, their decorations and many more things) ;)

[@pbohearn]

Well I would agree with you; it is the most stunning, magical, beautiful city, and my favorite place in Italy and probably the world. I would never miss a chance to go to Venice.

[@rauldezamacona]

Eres muy bueno, me encanta lo que haces, de verdad felicidades, espero más contenido de este estilo clásico de arquitectura.

[@johnmccadden7121]

You did a lot of research. As the images created questions in my mind you were right there with the answers. This is a great video--worthy of any classroom. Thank you.

[@deanedge5988]

Venice, said Goethe, can only be compared to itself. It is a miracle and a wonder, and your commentary is one of the most succinct and insightful I have heard.

[@IppiopaidFEEDBACK]

This was absolutely amazing, it was like I was just in a trance the whole time watching this amazing video! The visuals were just amazing, the history and details were also amazing, the knowledge about the design and architecture amazing, plus you did an excellent job of narrating this wonderful video.

[@mickho7910]

Thanks for the interesting video about Venice, which must be one of the most unique cities in the world. I once read a description which said that, at night, the streets of Venice rearrange themselves, because they’re not what you remembered from the day before. Having once walked west of Piazza San Marco and winding up at the Rialto Bridge, which is in the other direction (and far away), I’m convinced that this is true.